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Recent developments in identifying genetic determinants of premature ovarian failure.
Sexual development : genetics, molecular biology, evolution, endocrinology, embryology, and pathology of sex determination and differentiation - 1 Jan 2008
Skillern A, Rajkovic A
Abstract excerpt
Premature ovarian failure (POF) is defined as cessation of menstruation and associated elevation of gonadotropin levels (FSH >40 IU/l) as a result of decreased ovarian function prior to the age of 40. An estimated 1% of the population is affected before age 40, with 0.1% affected prior to age 30. Although the causes for POF are many, the majority of POF cases have idiopathic etiologies. In an effort to...
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